I've decided that I want to travel around the world. I already knew I was going to, having scheduled a trip to Europe next year. But I've finally made the decision to, if that makes sense.

I finished The Robber Bride, which I found to be one of Atwood's weaker efforts. Parts of it are fantastic and offer valuable insight into how a person is defined through the different relationships they have with people, but almost all of her male characters are hurtful weaklings and almost all of her female characters are dull and spineless. I'm sure she did it on purpose, but these characteristics on a first read-through just irritated me. As hated as she makes the book's antagonist, at least she's interesting.

I woke up and my alarm clock said 2:49, bringing me to gasp in horror, but then I shifted position and noticed that it actually read 12:49, which is a little closer to status quo for me. I made some breakfast and headed over to All Books in search of Margaret Atwood's "The Robber Bride" and Timothy Findley's "Headhunter," both of which were in stock and cheap because All Books does, in fact, rule (even if it did look as though a hurricane had hit it). I finished Yates' book yesterday and it definitely reads as material Sam Mendes would be attracted to - a couple living in suburbia who slowly lose their selves. I started Robber Bride today on a recommendation from a girl I met at Humber. If anyone can point my way towards multiple-point-of-view narratives I'd appreciate it, since I'm mining for writing tips.

Findley's I picked up because I heard it was about Kurtz from Heart of Darkness being let loose into modern day Toronto, which sounds right up my alley.

I need to start my writing output back up to something like 500 words a day. I'm working on another song that should be done by the end of this week. Plus I'm going to try my hand at a review. Last night I watched Romeo + Juliet, the Baz Luhrmann film from 1996. I used to have its poster on my wall. I invited a girl to see it with me when I was 16, but she wasn't particularly into me, so I didn't see it until it hit video.